A blotter – a device used for drying ink. Origin: Przemyśl, Poland, circa mid-20th century, measuring 11 cm high, 11 cm wide, and 8.2 cm deep. It consists of two parts – a rectangular top with a handle and a semicircular lower part, the actual blotter. The top is made of three plates stacked one on top of the other. The middle plate is cut from dark brown plastic. In the center of the upper plate, a spherical handle is attached to a round base. Halfway through the sphere, a horizontal band is formed with a plastic strip in the center. The lower part of the base is also made of plastic. At the bottom of the lower plate, on the shorter sides, strips of sheet metal are soldered, half bent in an arc, creating handles for the blotter. The blotter – the lower part of the blotter – is formed by an arc-shaped strip of sheet metal, with the shorter sides inserted into the handles. Appropriately cut tissue paper was placed on the underside of the strip – a soft, absorbent paper into which the ink easily soaked up.
Blotting Machine
